Triple

T7658639
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Merle Dixon E173447 entity
Predicate firstAppearance P795 FINISHED
Object The Walking Dead, Season 1, Episode 2 "Guts"
"Guts" is the second episode of The Walking Dead’s first season, following Rick Grimes as he joins a group of survivors in Atlanta and introduces the volatile character Merle Dixon.
 E679780 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (4 steps)

Every LLM step that produced this triple, in pipeline order — named-entity classification, the disambiguation choices (the exact options shown, with the pick highlighted), and the generated description. The batch + timestamp of each is in the Provenance table below.

NER Named-entity recognition gpt-5-mini
Instruction
Given a phrase, classify it is english named entity (e.g., persons, organizations, works of art) in Latin script, or not (e.g., literals, dates, URLs, verbose phrases). For disambiguation, the statement where the phrase occurs as object is also given. Please return a JSON object with `phrase` (string, the phrase being analyzed) and `is_ne` (boolean, indicating whether the phrase is a Named Entity).
Input
Phrase: The Walking Dead, Season 1, Episode 2 "Guts" | Statement: [Merle Dixon, firstAppearance, The Walking Dead, Season 1, Episode 2 "Guts"]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: The Walking Dead, Season 1, Episode 2 "Guts"
Context triple: [Merle Dixon, firstAppearance, The Walking Dead, Season 1, Episode 2 "Guts"]
  • A. The Walking Dead: Webisodes
    The Walking Dead: Webisodes is a series of short-form online episodes expanding the universe and backstories of AMC’s The Walking Dead television series.
  • B. The Walking Dead #19
    The Walking Dead #19 is an issue of the Image Comics horror series notable for introducing the katana-wielding survivor Michonne to the story.
  • C. The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live
    The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live is a post-apocalyptic horror drama television series that continues the story of key characters from the original The Walking Dead universe, focusing on their struggle to survive and reunite in a world overrun by the undead.
  • D. The Walking Dead: World Beyond
    The Walking Dead: World Beyond is a post-apocalyptic horror drama television series set in the universe of The Walking Dead, focusing on the first generation to come of age after the zombie outbreak.
  • E. The Walking Dead: Dead City
    The Walking Dead: Dead City is a post-apocalyptic horror television series set in the same universe as The Walking Dead, following familiar characters as they navigate a walker-infested New York City.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NEDg Description generation gpt-5.1
Instruction
Generate a one-sentence description of the target entity. 
You are given a context triple in the form (subject, predicate, object), where the object is the target entity. 
# Instructions
Use the triple to infer relevant information about the entity. Describe the entity based on what is most defining, well-known. 
Avoid repeating the information from the triple, unless really essential.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the target entity]"
Input
Entity: The Walking Dead, Season 1, Episode 2 "Guts"
Triple: [Merle Dixon, firstAppearance, The Walking Dead, Season 1, Episode 2 "Guts"]
Generated description
"Guts" is the second episode of The Walking Dead’s first season, following Rick Grimes as he joins a group of survivors in Atlanta and introduces the volatile character Merle Dixon.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: The Walking Dead, Season 1, Episode 2 "Guts"
Target entity description: "Guts" is the second episode of The Walking Dead’s first season, following Rick Grimes as he joins a group of survivors in Atlanta and introduces the volatile character Merle Dixon.
  • A. The Walking Dead: Webisodes
    The Walking Dead: Webisodes is a series of short-form online episodes expanding the universe and backstories of AMC’s The Walking Dead television series.
  • B. The Walking Dead #19
    The Walking Dead #19 is an issue of the Image Comics horror series notable for introducing the katana-wielding survivor Michonne to the story.
  • C. The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live
    The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live is a post-apocalyptic horror drama television series that continues the story of key characters from the original The Walking Dead universe, focusing on their struggle to survive and reunite in a world overrun by the undead.
  • D. The Walking Dead: World Beyond
    The Walking Dead: World Beyond is a post-apocalyptic horror drama television series set in the universe of The Walking Dead, focusing on the first generation to come of age after the zombie outbreak.
  • E. The Walking Dead: Dead City
    The Walking Dead: Dead City is a post-apocalyptic horror television series set in the same universe as The Walking Dead, following familiar characters as they navigate a walker-infested New York City.
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (5 batches)

The batch behind each pipeline step, in order, with when it ran. Timestamps are batch-level — stages were processed in waves, so the object chain (NER → NED1 → NEDg → NED2) reads in order, but predicate / elicitation batches can sit in a different wave.

Step Stage Batch ID Status When
creating Elicitation batch_69c69955517c819085bc715b96d304d2 completed March 27, 2026, 2:51 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c7019161548190855a5b1e9f5d7e99 completed March 27, 2026, 10:15 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c89b0d345081909a1d4475fa3876f5 completed March 29, 2026, 3:22 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c89d77b7cc81908120da0121c94537 completed March 29, 2026, 3:33 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c89ddd81a88190924d41529e94b06b completed March 29, 2026, 3:34 a.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 3:59 p.m.